A
AC Silver Antiques 92
acid 40
aeroplanes, silver miniature 76, 77
Albrecht V of Bavaria 59
Albret, Jeanne d’, Queen of Navarre 44
Alexandra, Queen
alphabetical hallmarks 34, 34–6
Amsterdam, Holland 33, 39, 47, 55, 57, 63, 71, 83,
84, 87, 99, 101, 102, 106
mark 55
anchor 37
animals, silver miniature 77
Anne, Queen 66
antique fairs 72, 79
antique shops 79
Antiques Road Show (BBC) 77
Antwerp xii
Art Institute of Chicago xiii, 110
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK 45, 57, 74, 80, 106,
109
assay marks 29, 37, 75
Atkin & Oxley 106
auctions 47, 71
Augsburg, Holland 63
axe mark 35
B
babies xi
embossed 71–2, 103
silver
miniature 49
baby houses x, 52, 59, 60, 62, 63, 65, 66
Barnard I, Edward 92
basket, silver miniature 97
Bath 53, 70
Bavaria
Albrecht V of 59
Duchess of 43
bedchamber sticks, silver miniature 91
beds, silver miniature 51, 64, 66
bedstead, silver miniature 48
beggars, silver miniature 49
bench, silver miniature 83
Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood, London xiii, 45, 59,
109
Bethune, Maximilien de (Duc de Sully, M. de Rosney) 44
bicycles, silver miniature 76, 77
Biermann, Peter 65
bird cages, silver miniature 49
birds, silver miniature 77
Birmingham 30, 72, 82, 83, 84, 87,
88, 89, 91, 94, 95, 97, 98, 105
Assay Office 30, 37
blackened silver 40, 84
Bonket, Jan 101
Boston Museum of Fine Arts xiii
Bouillon, Duc de 43
Boulton, Mathew 30
Bourbon family 44
bowls, silver miniature 48, 88
two-handled 96
Bowman, Sarah 74
brass 47, 60, 66
brazier, silver miniature 95
bridal dowry 60
brides and doll’s houses 66
Bristol 31
Britannia silver 29, 30, 31, 38
Brobdignag (in Gulliver’s Travels, Swift) 65
bucket, silver miniature 97
buckles, silver 70
buffet pots, silver miniature 48
butlers, silver miniature 49
buttons, silver 70
C
cabinet doll’s houses 60 , 63
cabinet on stand, silver miniature 105
cages, silver miniature 49
Canada 76, 88
candelabras, silver miniature 99
candlesticks, silver miniature 48, 51, 106
cannons, silver miniature 44
Canterbury, Archbishop of (1306) 25
cats, silver miniature 48, 49, 77
Cayenne pepper bottle, cut-glass in silver frame 98
ceramics 70
chairs, silver miniature 48, 51, 52, 66, 93, 98,
102
chambersticks, silver miniature 92
Charles II 27, 48, 51, 67, 77
Charles VII of France 43
Cheltenham 53
cherubs, embossed 71–2, 96, 103
Chester 31, 91, 94, 96, 98
Chevinex, Paul Daniel 54
children x, xi, xii, xiv, 46, 47, 49, 57, 60, 68, 75,
77, 80
as consumers 70, 71
royal 41, 43, 44, 48
silver miniature 49
Children’s Party, A (Hogarth) xi, xii
child’s compact 84
China xi
china 47
Christie’s, London 47, 71, 78, 101, 102, 103
circus tableau, silver miniature 85
Clapham, Lord, sword and scabbard of 91
Claude of France, Princess 43
Clayton, David xiii, 39, 53, 68, 92, 96, 104,
105
Clayton, John 69
cleaning silver 40, 77
Clifton, John 52
commodes, silver miniature 48
coffee pot, silver miniature 45, 83, 102,
103, 104, 106
Collecting Miniature Antiques (Hughes and Hughes) 107
Common Control mark, UK 38
Comyns, William 92
condiment set, silver miniature 105
cooks, silver miniature 49
copies 73, 78
copper 47, 66
corner chair, silver miniature 104
Courtauld, Augustus 52
cream bowl, silver miniature 88
cream jug, silver miniature 106
crockards 24
Cromwell, Oliver 45, 67
crossbow, silver miniature 102
crown 37
Crown and Anchor pub, London 37
cruet set, Dutch silver miniature 47, 103
Cummings, Thomas 102
cups, silver miniature 88, 95
two-handled 94
D
Daniel Bexfield Antiques 81
date stamp 32, 35, 85
system, Dutch, 1815–1960 33, 33, 56
Dauphin (later Louis XIII of France) xii, 43, 44
David Hollander & Son 87
Deards 53, 70
Deards, John 52, 54
Delieb, Eric 107
Devenport, William 95
diamonds 44, 48
Dijik, J. van 100
dissected puzzles 71
dogs, silver miniature 48, 49, 77, 83, 93
dolls xi, 44, 48, 59
doll’s houses ix–xiii, 43, 45, 47, 48, 54, 55, 57,
59–66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 76, 79, 80,
early Dutch, c. 1800 61
furniture, silver miniature 47, 48, 60, 66
John Evelyn’s, Geffrye Museum 60, 62
doll’s prams, silver miniature
48
dolphin mark 36, 57
Dordrecht, Holland 85
Dover Castle 25
dram cups, silver 69
Dutch hallmarks 55, 56–7
Dutch silver miniatures 40
duty mark 35, 37–8
see also tax
mark
E
Easterlings 23
eBay 40, 77, 79, 80, 81, 84, 100
educational role of doll’s houses 62
Edward I 24–5
Edwardian era 72
Effemans, Abraham 101
Eiffel Tower, silver miniature 40
elf with barrel, silver miniature 84
Elizabeth II, Queen 81
Emes, Rebecca 92
England x, xiii, xiv, 23–5, 27, 39, 40, 41, 45, 46, 48,
51, 55, 59, 60, 62–5, 76–80
silver toys in 67–74
English Civil War 27, 28
English Doll’s Houses of the 18th and 19th
Century (Greene) 107
English Goldsmiths and their Marks (Jackson) 107
English hallmarks 55
e’tage’re zilver xiii
Evelyn, John 60, 62
Evesdon, Thomas 52
Exeter 31
F
fakes 73
Far East xiv
fender, silver miniature 52
Fiedlander, Montague 94
fireback, silver miniature 52
firedogs, silver miniature 52
fire grates, silver miniature 48, 52
fire irons, silver miniature 66
fireplaces, silver miniature 64, 66
fireplace sets, silver miniature 52, 66
fish, silver miniature 48, 77
Flanders 24
flea markets 79
flower vases, silver 70
foot-operated lathe turning 51
forks, silver miniature
106
three-pronged 74
Fothergill, John 30
France xi, xii, 43, 44, 48, 55, 63
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Holland 110
fraud 52
Frisian towns, Holland 57
frying pans
iron 46
silver miniature 48, 104
G
gardiens 24
gate leg tables, silver miniature 51
Geffen, Arnoldus van 101, 106
Geffen, Johannes Adrianus van 106
Geffrye Museum, London 60, 62
George I 54
silver miniature teapot 46
George II 54
George III 37
miniature silver teapot 77, 92
Georgian era 40, 46, 65, 71, 72, 73, 81
Germany 23, 47, 55, 59, 63, 66, 69–70
Glasgow 102
Goddards Long-Term Silver Pad Foaming Silver Polish 40
Godwin, James 30
gold x, xi, xii, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31, 37, 48, 55, 56,
57, 60, 66, 75, 76, 77
miniatures 48
goldsmiths x, 24, 26, 29, 31, 32, 43, 44, 53, 54, 59
grading, silver 76
Great Britain xi, 45, 72
Greece 40
Greene, Vivien 107
Greffen, Arnoldus van 63
Griffiths, W. 89
grills, silver miniature 48
guild marks 35
Guild of Goldsmiths ix
Gulliver’s Travels (Swift) x, 65
H
Haer, Pieter ter 56
Hague, The 33
Hallmarking Act 1973 (amended 1998) 37–8
hallmarks 26, 41, 48, 52, 53, 54, 55, 68, 73, 74, 77,
80
alphabetical 34, 36
Dutch
55, 56–7
English
34–8
false 73
origin 32
on
silver toys 27–32
hand raising 51
Hanua silver watering can 91
Hapsburg family 66
Heal, Sir Ambrose 54, 107
hearth, silver miniature 52
Henry, Don 76, 88
Henry II of France 43, 48
Henry III 24
Henry IV of France (Henry of Navarre) 44, 48
Heroard, Jean 43
Historisches Museum, Basle, Switzerland 65
Hogarth, William xi, xii
Holborn Hill, London 27
Holland (Netherlands) xi, xii, xiii, xiv, 45, 55, 57,
63, 71, 72, 83, 84, 85, 110
Dutch
dating codes for silver items, 1814–1959 33–6
Holland, John 69, 90
Holland
House of Silver Toys 89, 103, 104, 106
Hoogwinkel, Leendert 85
Hoorn, Holland 93, 95, 100
Horace Woodward & Co. 88
horse
and driver pulling log wagon 84
horsedrawn
water carriage 86
horseless
carriage with passengers and driver, silver miniature 105
horses
and carriages, silver miniature 48, 49, 86
Hottman, Pierre 43
Houart, Victor 39, 47, 56, 57, 68, 72, 79, 107
household pets, silver miniature 49
household servants, silver miniature 49
houses, silver miniature 49
Hughes, Bernard 107
Hughes, Therle 107
I
import marks 45, 103
Internet 72, 80
Investing in Silver (Delieb) 107
investment, buying silver as ix, xv, 47, 71, 76, 77–8
Ireland, Republic of 38, 97
iron toys 69
Isle of Dogs, London 63
J
Jackman doll’s house 64
Jackson, Sir Charles James 107
Jersey cream jug, silver miniature 89
jigsaws 71
John, King 23
John Rose Ltd 72
jugs, silver miniature 89, 103, 105,
106
cylindrical with reeded sides 106
two-handled 105
K
kettle, silver miniature 64
on stand with burner 88
key mark 36
Killer house (Westbrook baby house), Victoria &
Albert Museum, London 63
kitchenware, silver miniature 48, 60, 66
Klien Zilver, 1650–1880 (Wttewaall) 79, 107
knives, silver miniature 74, 106
Koferlin, Anne 62
L
Lady Henriques collection, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 57,
74, 106
lamp, silver miniature 84
Landeck, Samuel Boyce 91
lathe turning 51
Leeuwarden, Holland 57
leopard’s head 29, 30, 31, 82n
Levi & Salaman 88, 98, 105
linen press, silver miniature 70, 101
lion marks 35–6
lion passant 29, 38
lion rampant 35, 38, 85, 100
Dutch 56
lion’s head erased 29
Little Dollhouse Co., Canada 76
London xiii, 24, 30, 31, 37, 39, 45, 47, 48, 52, 53,
54, 57, 59, 60, 62, 63, 65, 70, 73, 78, 80, 82n, 91, 92, 94,
96, 103, 105, 106, 109
Assay Office 37, 52
Museum of 65, 109
Silver Vaults 78, 79
Tower of 27
London Goldsmiths, The (Heal) 54, 107
Looker, William 94
Lorraine, Duchess 43
Louis XIII 43, 44
Louis XIV 44
Lutyens, Edwin 65
M
Maddon, Mathew 53
makers’ marks xiv, 24, 29, 30, 35, 47, 52, 56, 67, 68,
69, 73, 77, 79, 85
Malyn, Isaac 51
Manchester City Museum 109
Manjoy, George xiii, 39, 46, 53, 68, 92, 103,
105
manually operated bridge, silver miniature 100
Mappin & Webb 96
Margas, Jacob 30
Marie de Medici 44
Marie Louise, Princess 65
marriage and doll’s houses 66
Mary, Queen 65, 71
Maxfield, J. & J. Ltd
Maximilien, Archduke 55
Mediterranean 40
Medycott, Edward 106
mementoes, silver 40
men, silver miniature 49
Middleton, George 51, 52, 68
military silver miniatures 44, 49
Minerva head (duty) mark
Miniature Silver Toys (Houart) 39, 47, 56, 79, 107
miniaturesterm xi
‘Mon Plaisir’ (baby house) 63
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley 70
Morson, James 30
mortar, modern model of silver medieval 95
motor cars, silver miniature 76, 77
mugs, silver miniature 52, 74, 96
Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh 109
Museum of London 65, 109
mustard spoons, silver 69
N
Napoleonic period 73
Negges, Frau 63
Netherlands see Holland
Newbury, John 71
Newcastle 31
Norwich 31
Nuremberg, Germany 59
O
Oman, Charles 45
Oortman, Petronella 60
owls, silver miniature 77
P
pans, silver miniature 64
Paris xii, 43, 63
Parliament, UK 29, 31
parrots, silver miniature 49
patchboxes, silver 70
pendants, silver 76
pepper shaker, silver miniature 98
pets, silver miniature 49
pewter 47, 60, 66, 70
Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts, USA xiii, 110
Philip IV (Philip the Fair) of Holland 55
Pijpencomfoo, silver miniature 103
plates, silver miniature 48, 52, 65, 99
platinum 37
platter, silver filigree miniature 101
poker, silver miniature 52
Poliakoff, Miranda 79, 107
pollards 24
poppengoeden 48
porringers 69
pot stand, silver miniature 103
pots, silver miniature 40, 52, 64, 64
three-legged 52
two-handled 91
preserving pan and cover, silver miniature 98
Puritanism 45
Q
Queen Anne period 72, 102
‘Queen Mary’s Doll’s House’, Windsor Castle, UK 65, 110
R
Rawlings, Charles 106
Reformation 67
rickshaw, silver miniature 94
riderless horse carriage 86
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland 60, 110
Robinson, John 69
rocking chair, silver filigree miniature 97
Rogier, Nicholas 44
Rosney, M. de (Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de Sully) 44
Rotterdam 97
silver mark 35
royal coach pulled by six horses, silver miniature 85
Royal Mint 24, 27–8
Russia xi
S
sailing boat, silver miniature
with crew, 95
two-masted on plinth 100
sailing ship, filigree silver miniature 98
St Paul’s Cathedral, silver miniature 40
salver, silver miniature 92
sand glass in oval (ter Haer’s mark) 56
saucepan, silver miniature 96
saucers, silver miniature 88, 99
Saunders & Sheperd 82, 88, 89,
96, 98
Saunders, Cornelius 82n
schooner, three-masted, silver miniature 100
Schoonhoven, Holland xiv, 71, 83, 84, 93,
95, 100, 106
Schwarzeburg, Duchess of 63
Scotland 38
Sedan, France 43
sedan chair, silver miniature 94
settee, silver miniature 103
Sharp, Ann 66
Sheffield 96, 104, 106
Assay Office 37
hallmark 74
Sheperd, Frank 82n
Sheperd, James Hollings 82n
ships, silver miniature 77
shovel, silver miniature 52
sideboards, silver miniature 48
silberspielzeuge
x
silver
blackened 40, 84
cleaning 40, 77
grading 76
history 23–5
mementoes 40
miniature/toys
buying as investment 77–8
Dutch 45, 55–7
English 67–74
history 41–9
how they were made 51–54
present and future 75–6
where to find 79–81
sterling 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 38, 76
Silver Toys and Miniatures (Poliakoff) 79, 107
Silver Vaults, London 78, 79
silversmiths x, xi, xiii, xiv, 23, 24, 27, 30, 44, 46,
47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 59, 65, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 80, 81
female 74
and their marks 39–41
skittle player, silver
miniature 106
sleighs, silver miniature
with driver 85
pulled by horse 84
tableau 87
Smith, Joseph 30
snake cup, silver miniature 101
snuffboxes, silver 70
Society of Goldsmiths 54
soldering 51, 73
soldiers, silver miniature 44, 49
Somervil I, Johannes van 104
Sotro, John 53
spherical hot water urn, silver miniature 106
spinning wheel, silver miniature 93, 99, 104
spoon, silver miniature 99, 105
Statutum de Monet 24
sterling silver 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 38, 76
Stetten, Paul von 66
Strant, Daniel van 70, 101
Strant, Frederick van 63, 102
Strant, Frederick van II 103
Strant, William van 47
Stuart families, wealthy 48
sugar bowl, silver miniature 88
sugar tongs, silver miniature 88
Sully, Duc de (Maximilien de Bethune, M. de Rosney) 44
Summers, William 106
Swift, Jonathan x, 65
sword mark 35, 36, 56
T
table set, silver miniature 99
tables, silver miniature 48, 51, 66, 96, 105
three-legged 103
tableware, silver miniature
48, 66
tankard, silver miniature 92,
96
taper stick, silver miniature 83
tax marks 35–6
see also duty
marks
tea kettle, silver miniature 106
tea-making equipment, silver miniature 48
teapots, silver miniature 40, 46, 74, 77, 82, 87,
92, 101, 102
tea sets, silver miniature 45, 46, 57, 70, 82, 88,
89
tea strainer, silver miniature 88
tennis racket, silver miniature 87
Thomas’s, Skipton, UK (jewellers) 38
three wise men and moveable star 90
Titania’s Palace (Queen Mary’s doll’s house) 65
toast racks, silver miniature 94, 106
toboggan, man on, silver miniature 100
tongs, silver miniature 52, 66
Tookey, James 69
tourists’ silver miniatures 40
Tower of London 27
town mark 56, 85
toymaking x, xv, 29, 30, 52, 53, 54, 63, 67, 68, 69, 76
toymen 30, 54
tractors, silver miniature 76
training aids, doll’s houses and utensils as 66
trays, silver miniature 82, 89
long, with cups, saucers, cream and sugar bowls 88
trophy, silver miniature 95
Treasury, UK 28
Turkey 40
U
United Kingdom 48, 59, 109–10
United States xi, 39, 65, 79, 110
utensils (brass, copper, pewter and gold) 66
V
vases, miniature silver 40
Victoria, Queen 37
Victoria & Albert Museum, London 45, 46, 57, 59, 64,
71, 78, 80, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 100,
103, 104, 105, 106, 108
Victorian era 71, 72, 83, 92, 103
village musicians, silver miniature 89
vinaigrettes, silver 70
Vrijman, Vendrik 35
W
walking the dog, silver miniature 93
wardrobes, silver miniature 66
watering can, Hanua silver 91
Weigel, Christopher 59
Westbrook, Elizabeth 63
Westbrook baby house (aka Killer house), Victoria &
Albert Museum, London 52, 59, 63, 64, 66
Whitehall, London 28
Whitford II, Samuel 106
wicker basket, silver miniature 94
William III period 102
Winchelsea, UK, 24
windmill, silver miniature 93
Windsor Castle, UK 65, 110
women, silver miniature 49
Wookey Hole Caves, Somerset 65
Wttewaall, B.W.G. 79, 107
Y
Yale University Art Gallery, USA xiii, 110
Yapp & Woodward 83
York, UK 30, 31
Z
zilverspieelgoed x
